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Object Number 04-10-10/62986
Display Title Copper knife
Descriptions
Object Description Copper knife. Made for market.
Inventory Description Knife, copper blade, leather wrapped handle, anthropomorphic design, claw attach
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Copper, Wood, Leather, Hair, Abalone, Animal claw
Dimensions Overall: 61.2 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm (24 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/62986; 41.41/(Peabody)
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (? - 1904)

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